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The President will presen the awards
at a hite Hou mony in early ay.
Awards are made in ten categories: art
and humanitie , education', the environ­
ment, health, human rvices, intema­
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tist Country Store for packing our
ba et for u. It was a job very ell
, e would like to wish everyone
a very Merry Christmas and a Prospetous
e Year. I
. "The members of Ro of Sharon
are as follows: orris Davi Ro al
Grand Patron; Lillie Blackmon, orth
atroh; J ames Anthony, W orthy Patron;
Willie Anna Shaw, ASSOCIate atron:
and Ernest Hestet Jr., Associate Patron
Also, Mamie Ellinson, Secretary; Meri
orris, Financial Secretary; Ida Hester,
Treasurer; Loui ia Pric , Chaplain; id­
dred Adam, t. Chaplain; Jimmy
Tyler, Conductress; and Dor thy L is,
A sociate Con uctress. I
"Star Points: Pearlie Echols, Ada;
argret Batiest, Ruth; A1vester ullins,
Es her; Ura Smith, Martha; Katherine
iller, Electa; Cordia Davi arshal-Ei;
argerite Parker, arshal-W; Evelyn
Scott Warder; an Ruth ayfield
Sentin 1.
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ade, Eleanor Ke!sey and Loucille
a erel."
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The Berrien County
ment began providing alcohol, and drug -,
abu rvi es to county residents on
onday, December .19, according to
Jerome A. Erick n, Health Officer
for the co nty. I
The igning of the contract by the
Human Resource Commis ion on ednes­
day and I the Berrien County Board of
Commi loners on hur day opened the
way for he Health Department to begin
operati n on·the 19th.
, e are in the pro ss of flnalizing
th h�ing of taff and tting , up the
offi e. whi h willi be located at 156
Pipe tone in Benton Harbor directly
aero the treet from the main offices
of the Health Department," Erick n
Erick n added "W anticipate being
at full staff shortly after the beginning (
of the new year and will be able to
initiate a full range of group and individ­
ual counseling services to area re . dents'
at that time." ")'
Erick n indicated that rvices ill ,
be abailable through the uth unty
building in iles on an appointment
basis. j ,
"There i a sliding tee ale for ser-
vices but no one will be enied service
because of ina iii y to pay,' he added.
All inquiries for rvice at this time
should be directed to the main office
in Benton Harbor at 926:7121.
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Jamatca.applauds CSI passaqe
I GSTO ,I J a aica - On learning
of the pa ge 0 the trade portion of
the Ca Ibbean B in I niti tive by the
Hou of Repre ntative majority of
2 9 to 129, Prime ini ter Edward
Seag id th t J amaica was e tremely
plea d at it pa ge.
, e look forward to it wift proces
through the Conference Committee and
the full Congre " r. S� said "and
hop that the bill will be int fore in a
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TH E SE IORS from Allegheny High School recei e help from egro Educational
Emerg DC Drive ( EED) executive director, Dr. Henn� Reid. EED pro . es admin-
. rtive and rmancial . nee to minority udent . lin to attend college.
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.PITTSBURGH irst there is the
brief blast of the eu, then the hallways
fill with the din of voi s and .the ising
thunder of a thousand footsteps. CIa ses
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change, people move-from ro to room.
It is a perfectly normal March morning
at Pitt burgh's Alleghenr High School -
except in one classroom.
There, 15 students sit bright-eye
and silent, listening intently to the words
of man standing at. the front of the
room. I' I .
The students are high school seniors
with plans to go' Ito college this fall.
hey are Black students, and the man at
. the front of the room is telling them
a ut the money' that will pay for their
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He is Dr. Herman Reid, Jr., executiv
director of EED'� the egro Educa­
tional Emergency Drive. Day adter d y,
Reid stands in cla oom and talks to
thousand of students that antto go to
college. Many of them cannot get there
becau the have come up a little short
financia lly . Reid calls them "the children
that fall through the cracks."
For 13 years, Reid has been trying to
elp as many of tho . student as possible
with counselling and supplemental grants.
Since 1963,. when EED got started,
the program has helped' 18,440 students
from the Pitt burgh metropolitan area
get to college. ,
Today, EED is one of Pittsburgh's
" best kept secrets. It is a privately funded
upp emental aid and counselling program
for the area s college-bound minority
youth. It is small - Rei is the only
paid profe sional on the taff - but
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u EED's unique efforts have not
receive much public attention because
most of the fund-raising is handled ithin
the corporate community," Reid said.
''Th whole EED. eff rt is geared to- I
Star distributed a true 10 d of Christmas done.
ba ets 0 needy area re 'dent .
Lillie Bl ckrn n, orthy atron,
said the II ba et represents the work
f many 1 individual � She issued the
following atement:
el have lit candle of rvice that
w who h v en the Star many think
of our Sisters and Brothers and help
them wherever .they are. ay envy,
hate d' malice, wither before the flam
rid the eternal rues of God light, up our
he rt in the F ther' name. .
e th members of Ro of Sharon
o. 7 O�, • would like to take this
opportu i to thank our many rela­
tives, friend and fell employees who
hav be n very pportive over the last
six years in . raising money for our
Christm ba ets and our scholarships
e would like to' thank the Herald
Palladi m and our special thanks to The
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"Thi year we would like to thank;
Rev, Don d Adkins pastor of the
Seco d Baptist Church and s. Anna
obinson, manager of the Second B p­
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Presideit 0 ing for
outstandl ng vo unteers
The Pre "dent has announced the third urces, public safety and the orkplace.
annual President's Volunteer Action President Reagan presented the second
A ard, a program designed to honor 'annual awards to 17 individuals land
out tanding volunte IS and volunteer groups, one labor union and two corpora-
group nd to focus public attention on tions at a hite Hou ceremony on
the contributi ns of the nation' 96 April 13,1983.
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Official nomination forms can be
obtained by writing The esident's
Volunteer Action A wards, P .0. Box
37488, ashington, D.C. 20013. The
deadline for ubmission of nominations �
for the 1984 a �ds. is January 31, 1984.
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ward prep ring minorities to enter
areas that have been cIo d to them in
the past - the professi ns, busine and
certain trades. Unlike federal program ,
however, we don't 'go out nd recruit
people who an't get' in h 01. W'e're
helping peopl who are already on their
way - or co ld be - with a little bit of
extra financial support. '
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Councilman Bill Robinson all managed
to 'get there" 'b cause of help from
EED. I Along with the "splashy" success
storie though, there are th usands
of other EED ecipients whq "have 1 0
benefited. Reid says that these recipient
show the real value of the progr m .
"even though they on ',t und quite
as dram tic. n
Reid calls . EED a "quiet idea that
wor s." mithing, he ys, that can
wor in any . community to h lp any
group of disadvantaged, but. alented
students "connect" with higher educa­
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"The connection is the key. t Once
these kids g t the ills to succeed in
the college environment, most of them
manage to get ccess to additional grants
or aid program that are available f that .
purpo ," Reid id, "any time, a
EED student only needs a little help
to get into hool. Once there they
usually manage for them I es."
Getting there however is the s
of Reid and his organization. Surprisi -
Iy often fin ncial aid is not the r a1
problem. Con quently, each rant
recipient is carefully guided o ugh
the entire pre-c llege application pro-
ce. Reid makes sure that tudent
apply for all pos ible progr and
grants. Students receive help in arch­
ing ou individual holarshi they
have 0 rloo ed. Their qualifications
are analyzed that their choice of a
" college is neatly matched to their abilit-
ies and goal . . I
ED be an in 1963 as a temp rary
ffort to find money for 76 Bl high
h 01 stu ents that had be n ace pted
to college. Student fir t went to the
Urban Le ue for a sistan e, but wer�1
told that n und ere available. F rt -
nat ely ,two omen on the Lea ue s
I Education ommittee thought the u­
dents' reque were imp rt nt enou h
to resi n heir p ts and d vote their
time to rai . ng money.
Floren e Reizenstein and Mary J rdan
spon red a ries of picnics and b
yard barb ues t rai fund in time f r
th tudents to make j t h l.
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